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Turkey numbers …think about it
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5326929" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Regarding the chicken litter, it may or may not be much a factor.</p><p>IMO, turkey declines are more a case of <em>EVERYTHING</em>, rather than any one thing.</p><p></p><p><u>Turkey, grouse, and quail populations have been trending lower in most areas that have never had any chicken litter within the range of these birds</u>. As one example, the Cherokee National Forest. And to my knowledge, TWRA doesn't use any chicken litter on any food plots in their WMAs, many of which cover a huge acreage, such as Catoosa, North Cumberland, etc.</p><p></p><p>Many these large WMA areas have had significant habitat improvements over the past decade as well. Just based on habitat improvements, one would generally expect grouse, turkey, and quail populations to trend higher?</p><p></p><p>What you will see with these bird populations trending lower, and lower,</p><p>are raptor populations trending higher, and higher.</p><p></p><p>It may very well be that the Cooper's Hawk is the #1 cause of these reduced game bird populations?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5326929, member: 1409"] Regarding the chicken litter, it may or may not be much a factor. IMO, turkey declines are more a case of [I]EVERYTHING[/I], rather than any one thing. [U]Turkey, grouse, and quail populations have been trending lower in most areas that have never had any chicken litter within the range of these birds[/U]. As one example, the Cherokee National Forest. And to my knowledge, TWRA doesn't use any chicken litter on any food plots in their WMAs, many of which cover a huge acreage, such as Catoosa, North Cumberland, etc. Many these large WMA areas have had significant habitat improvements over the past decade as well. Just based on habitat improvements, one would generally expect grouse, turkey, and quail populations to trend higher? What you will see with these bird populations trending lower, and lower, are raptor populations trending higher, and higher. It may very well be that the Cooper's Hawk is the #1 cause of these reduced game bird populations? [/QUOTE]
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